European Democrats
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For other uses, see European Democrats (disambiguation).
The European Democrats were a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe. It was a political group in the European Parliament from 1979 until 1992, when it became a subgroup of the European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP-ED) group. The European Democrats continued to exist as a political group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) until 2014, when it became the European Conservatives Group.
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European Democrats | |
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European Parliament group | |
Name | European Democrats |
English abbr. | ED[1][2][3] |
French abbr. | DE[4] |
Formal name | European Democratic Group[3][5] |
Ideology | Conservatism[6] Economic liberalism[6] Euroscepticism[6] |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
From | 17 July 1979[4] |
To | 1 May 1992[4] |
Preceded by | European Conservative Group |
Succeeded by | European People's Party–European Democrats |
Chaired by | James Scott-Hopkins,[5] Henry Plumb,[7] Christopher Prout[8] |
MEP(s) | 63 (17 July 1979) 50 (23 July 1984) 34 (25 July 1989) |
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